News Highlights:
- Israeli government breaks all settlement building records in 2011, and Peace Now reports a 20% increase in settlement construction.
- Palestinians try to drive from Jericho to Ramallah on a road designated exclusively for the use of Jewish settlers, and Israeli soldiers arrest five people, including a 15 year old girl.
- Israeli settlers attack 2 Palestinian boys, aged 11 and 12, in the center of Hebron/AlKhalil, the scene of repeated settler aggressions and vandalism.
Feature:
The feature was a cultural special, highlighting the work of Lebanese singer/songwriter Khalid el Habre and some of the poetry of the late Mahmoud Darwish that el Habre has set to music. There was a brief history and discussion of el Habre’s work and his place amongst the many progressive Lebanese singers who have dedicated much of their music for Palestine. We presented several of his songs, including the Guitar Player and In Praise of the High Shadow, both based on poems by Mahmoud Darwish.
Focus on Zionism:
Excerpts of a January 10th, 2012 report about how an Israeli military court had approved the illegal interrogation of a Palestinian minor who was unlawfully arrested in the dead of night and refused access to counsel.
Here is an audio file of this show: